This One's for Blanton!

This One's for Blanton!
Studio album by
Duke Ellington & Ray Brown
Released1973
RecordedDecember 5, 1972
GenreJazz
Length39:25
LabelPablo
ProducerNorman Granz
Duke Ellington chronology
The Ellington Suites
(1972) 		This One's for Blanton!
(1973) 		Up in Duke’s Workshop
(1969-73)
Ray Brown chronology
Memphis Jackson
(1970) 		This One's for Blanton!
(1973) 		The Big 3
(1975)

This One's for Blanton! is a studio album by the American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington, duetting with Ray Brown, recorded in December 1972 and released on the Pablo label.[1] The title refers to early Duke Ellington collaborator and influential yet short-lived double bass player Jimmy Blanton.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow called the album "delightful and often-playful music".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[5]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]
The Village VoiceA−[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated
  1. "Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me" (Ellington, Bob Russell) - 5:36
  2. "Pitter Panther Patter" - 3:06
  3. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington) - 4:00
  4. "Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) - 5:30
  5. "See See Rider" (Traditional) - 3:07
  6. "Fragmented Suite for Piano and Bass: First Movement" (Ray Brown, Ellington) - 4:51
  7. "Fragmented Suite for Piano and Bass: Second Movement" (Brown, Ellington) - 5:11
  8. "Fragmented Suite for Piano and Bass: Third Movement" (Brown, Ellington) - 3:40
  9. "Fragmented Suite for Piano and Bass: Fourth Movement" (Brown, Ellington) - 4:58
  • Recorded at United Recording Studios in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 5, 1972.

Personnel

References

  1. ^ A Duke Ellington Panorama accessed April 8, 2010
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed April 8, 2010
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 69. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Christgau, Robert (February 2, 1976). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 439. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.